Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr

Decided March 23, 2020. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 18-776 · 589 U.S. 221 · Cited 368 times

Because the phrase “questions of law” in the Immigration and Nationality Act’s Limited Review Provision, 8 U. S. C. §1252(a)(2)(D), includes the application of a legal standard to undisputed or established facts, the Fifth Circuit erred in holding that it had no jurisdiction to consider petitioners’ “factual” due diligence claims for equitable tolling purposes.

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